Fuselage Definition

fyo͝osə-läzh, -zə-
noun
The body of an airplane, exclusive of the wings, tail assembly, and engines.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Fuselage

Noun

Singular:
fuselage
Plural:
fuselages

Origin of Fuselage

  • Borrowing from French fuselage, from fuselé (“spindle-shaped”), from Old French *fus (“spindle”), from Latin fusus (“spindle”). So named for its shape; in English since 1909.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from fuselé spindle-shaped from Old French fusel spindle from Vulgar Latin fūsellus diminutive of Latin fūsus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Fuselage Sentence Examples

  • This can include wings, the tail and the fuselage.

  • The whole tail assembly is permanently attached to the fuselage.

  • The aircraft has no cannons mounted in the forward fuselage.

  • Structure The fuselage sides are sheet balsa, with balsa stringers attached to the outside aft of the cockpit.

  • The tailplane and fin are made from 1/4 inch sheet balsa, the complete tail assembly being permanently attached to the fuselage.

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Words Starting With

FFUFUS

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With F8 Letter Words Ending With E